February 16, 1947 – Jack’s Birthday party with Isaac Stern the violinist, actor Ronald Colman and his wife Benita.
Actress Lorraine Day recently married baseball coach Leo Durocher after divorcing her previous husband. She had filed for divorce in the California, but the judge ruled that she couldn’t re-marry for a year. So she went to Mexico instead. The California judge still insists that her divorce is not valid when she is in California.
This is a collection of clips from February 11 – March 4, 1934 of The Jack Benny Program. This is a very early episode of Jack Benny with poor sound quality. They mention Eddie Cantor and the movie “Little Women” with Katharine Hepburn.
January 26, 1947 – Jack Benny is changing his name to something more dignified. Then they do a skit very loosely based on the movie “Margie”.
In this episode they mention the new 1947 Studebaker with large rear windows, the novelty song “Open the Door, Richard”, Rudolf Valention in “The Shiek”, Charles Boyer and Humphrey Bogart.
January 19, 1947 – Most of this episode is recycled from March 1946, only with horror movie actor Boris Karloff. In the episode they reference the bandleader Spike Jones and the novelty song “Open the Door Richard”.
January 18, 1948 – Jack Benny is in Denver for a March of Dimes fundraising event. They meet the governor and mention the mayor. It happened to be the same week as the National Western Stock Show which was also hosted in Denver.
In the episode they mention Slapsy Maxi Rosenbloom, Lady Esther cosmetics, Al Jolson, and Robert Taylor who was filling in on the Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show.
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